Centennial Road World Championships, Flanders - 19-26 September 2021 *SPOILERS*

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  • daniel_b
    daniel_b Posts: 12,035
    edited September 2021
    Ganna not doing the road race, but both TTs instead.
    Felt F70 05 (Turbo)
    Marin Palisades Trail 91 and 06
    Scott CR1 SL 12
    Cannondale Synapse Adventure 15 & 16 Di2
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    Is there anyone with local knowledge that can talk us through the climbs?
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    Sporza are now on tiktok apparently...



    (Let's be honest, none of us knows what tiktok is do we.)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,444
    I do - it's just Vine again...

    My wife looks at shit on it all the time.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    ddraver said:

    Sporza are now on tiktok apparently...



    (Let's be honest, none of us knows what tiktok is do we.)
    Renaat!
    _
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    I can't work out if it's Sporza or Miss Evans who has posted it... :D
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  • thejimmymethod
    thejimmymethod Posts: 458


    The Belgie Boys
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    I still don't know much about the hellingen, they're used in Brabaants Pijl I think, but I've never paid that much attention to it... Any guides about?
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,459
    What's the point in under 23 races?

    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    edited September 2021
    tailwindhome said:

    What's the point in under 23 races?

    Isn't it a throwback to that being an age where you couldn't realistically compete in the pro ranks? Even Merckx didn't win his first Tour until he was 24, Fignon won his first when he was 23, Hinault was 24. Even Ullrich was 24 when he won and he was regarded as a young buck when he broke through the year before.

    Now, for some reason, that isn't the case and you've got Pogacar winning the Tour twice before his 23rd birthday. What we're seeing at the moment flies in the face of 100 odd years of cycling history.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,262
    While there are some riders are good very young, it's not the case for most riders. The young riders are mostly from cycling families (sons of ex pros) and have the contacts in the sport and/or get pro training from their mid teens.
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  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,692
    edited September 2021
    Before totally junking the u23, have a read of this Emma Norsgsaard interview, where she criticises the lack of an u23 category for women.

    https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/emma-norsgaard-the-psychological-demands-of-elite-success-and-the-need-for-u23-womens-category-at-worlds/
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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    To be serious for a sec its because it gives young people a chance to learn racing at the pointy end rather than spend years slogging around in grupettos.

    For the most part it still does, apart from two or three super freaks
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Dan Bigham in the hot seat.
    Suggestion of some wet roads around Remco.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Remco 37 secs fastest at check point 2.
    49:58 for Bigham
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Max Walschied takes the lead
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    Good effort by Bigham. Doesn't last long though as Walscheid takes 15" out of him. Remco flying though.
  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    edited September 2021
    Evenepoel finishes 42 seconds ahead of Bissegger - 48:31 worth about 53.5km/h I think. (WCh record currently 53.671km/h by Tony Martin in 2016)

    Bigham finished 5 seconds quicker than Bjerg, for what that's worth.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    I quite like the start on the beach.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Ethan Hayter second at first time check, 4 secs down on Remco.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Asgreen quicker than Remco by 6 secs, Kung faster again by 4 at first check.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Wout faster again, but almost disaster on the corner.
  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,610
    Ganna not as quick, 6.6 secs down on Wout vA
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,593
    The course is really highlighting the beauty of the area with all the industrial units. Crowds are brilliant though.
  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    Is it just me or is there proportionally more of a focus on the bigger names in comparison to previous WCh time trials?
  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,953
    Boardman "WvA not digging deep yet" as he has drool dangling from his mouth.
  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    edited September 2021
    Hayter pushing a huge gear there. Third fastest at the finish so far.

    What cadence was that? 80rpm?
  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    edited September 2021
    I've not seen such big crowds for a championship ITT since London 2012.

    Only a second between the top two (WVA / Ganna) at the second check.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,717
    eeeeeeeeeep!!!
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • notquite6foot
    notquite6foot Posts: 248
    TOP GANNA!

    The big Italian does it again!

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